Chapter 212: Griffonpeak Concert.

Chapter 212: Griffonpeak Concert.

What a beautiful afternoon.

The summer sun was about to disappear below the horizon, painting the sky a brilliant orange that was slowly turning dark with every second. It was the second last day of the one-week festival dedicated to the founding of the Kingdom of Artorias. As expected, nobody wanted to stop enjoying the festive nature, the streets were still crowded with cheerful people after nearly a whole week.

In an open plaza area in the merchant district, in the section closest to the middle district usually used by wandering merchants to sell their wares, something huge had been constructed there. Made out of a wooden platform with metal pillars holding up a truss, it looked large enough for 20 people to move freely around it. A curtain was hiding something curious behind it; after all, no need to spoil the surprise of my concert stage.This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.

Its This feels amazing, I thought as I touched the well-made wooden floor. I could feel my heart pounding the longer I stayed inside the darkened interior of my stage, once again experiencing awe with how far Ive gotten in my second life. On Earth, I only stood on these stages as the daughter of the shows conductor, but today, once again, I was standing here as the main performer.

However, this wasnt my [Earth Magic]-made stage from back in Carine Village, it was my newly made one. The one Grimnir, Saori, Tasianna, Ellaine, and I dedicated our sweat and time to fully construct; a version made using wood and metal to give people the impression that everything was authentic and professional. Every fiber of my being was excited at the prospect of me performing on it.

I left the stage and entered the backstage, where Tasianna and Svena were waiting for me. Have the Count, the Countess, and Ellaine come back yet? I asked them.

Svena responded to my question by shaking her head. My Lord, My Lady, and the Young Mistress are most likely still looking around the area, Lady Hestia. His Majestys domain isnt as large as the Dukes, but it is still large enough to have several villages.

As I expected, but its still a shame.

Its been three days since we sent Gael and Krymdar out to find Jonathan in the undercity, but they havent found anything yet. It got to the point where Ellaine and her parents couldnt hold it in anymore and wanted to charge into the undercity, only to be stopped by Saori who told them the obvious, If somebody like Gael cannot find him, then all that the three of you will do is warn Jonathan and come out empty-handed.

As a compromise, they decided to fly out and search Griffonpeaks surrounding area this morning. Since the preparations for my concert were done and the whole yeast and pastry business could be handled by the Duke and Arcanuess Helvas representative, those three decided to use their newly-acquired free time to look for Jonathan.

Ellaine was expected to come back tomorrow to rejoin our party in helping Murainas problem, since she wanted to commit to her duty as a member of Aurora, especially after I decided to accept her wish for strength by letting KleaHatma live. Speaking of the demon, the spell rings that her mana inhabited were currently in my possession.

Despite Aurenas blessing in the skill [Okl Luthiers Power] that was able to kill KleaHatma whenever, I still decided it would be best if Ellaine didnt have this parasite with her while Im not around to sing [My Darkest Thoughts]. She accepted my proposal, showing her confidence in the sword skills her father taught her. The rest of our party was visibly relieved Ellaine wasnt totally relying on her borrowed demons power.

Currently, the rings were inside my storage since KleaHatmas mana didnt count as a living being. As such, she was affected by [Storage Magic]s time-stopping function and froze inside it, unable to act. Even if she did, I removed anything that could give her an advantage, for example, I left the orb she had been imprisoned in, in Saoris care. In fact, that was part of our nightly routine whenever Ellaine went to sleep, after all, you couldnt be more cautious around this bomb.

I was still in my normal everyday outfit, and Tasianna and Svena wanted to change me into my first performance outfit as soon as possible, but I delayed it a bit to look around the corner. There, I witnessed a large number of festive people gathering before my concert stage along with guards loaned to us by Duke Greenveil keeping order around.

Come, come! The show is about to start, so come and get your snacks before it begins! Saoris voice echoed through the area, using one of those voice amplification rods since I couldnt be with her right now. She was standing behind counters filled with pastries and snacks with our RV behind her.

Come on, akong, if you want to enjoy the show, come over here and get one of these glow bulbs to enjoy the show correctly! Grimnir was also there, holding up small balls made out of leaves. As a blacksmith, Grimnir wasnt unfamiliar with promoting his products, even if he didnt have to do it very often. Dont activate them yet, if you want the best result, do it when we do it. Our young ladys wish.

Crowds of men, women, and children were huddling around Saori as they stared at the piping hot pastries on the stand, waiting for the clerks to sell them to them. They sold out so fast that it was hard for the Helvas servants to keep up with the restocking, having to constantly run into the RV and back out again to bring out the next batches.

The loud cries of the excitement of people tasting the donuts, cupcakes, and croissants were filled with energy that made me envious, making me wish for some of the pastries for myself. Some servants were even selling mead and clean water to the celebrating crowd, to quench their thirst. I was expecting a large crowd, but it feels like more people have come today than I thought.

Word of mouth, it was smart of us to start constructing everything so conspicuously. Even with the restaurants promotion, the only way for it to spread throughout the city was through the people.

Lady Hestia. I turned around when I heard somebody call me, noticing Amelia, Duke Greenveils youngest daughter, standing there with a familiar man standing behind her. It was Barathan, Arcanuess Helvass seneschal.

Ah, Lady Amelia. Barathan. How are the nobles faring?

Good, they havent complained except about the loud noises coming from the commoners and the unsightly display of their festiveness. However, the pastries we are selling and their comfortable seats were enough for them to endure it, Amelia answered.

Amelia Greenveil, the heir of the Sarlenzia company and the main distributor for our pastries in the future, wasnt here without reason. She was here to work with Saori and Barathan, the latter of whom specifically came to Griffonpeak from the Helvas arcanarch to act as the overseer for the yeast production as well as to manage and sell the pastries we all made in the past few days.

As her grandfathers heir, Amelia also was able to use her family companys influence to promote todays concert to all the prominent merchants and a few minor ones, who acted as our secondary promotion tool. In addition, while Saori handled the commoner side of the business, Amelia and Barathan were in charge of taking care of the illustrious nobles who came to attend my concert.

I am honored to serve you once again, Lady Hestia, Barathan bowed, stating how this was the second time he helped me with my concert. Our attendants are presenting menus to the lords and ladies as you wished, Lady Hestia. The aristocrats will be ordering through them and we will serve the pastries and rice sweets directly to their seats. Up until now, it has worked without any issues.

Looking over to where the nobles should be seated, I saw multiple large bleachers. Knights hired from the Lionheart order were guarding the area around the nobles, preventing anybody who wasnt a noble from entering. We also had an area for the rich merchants next to it, since the nobles who planned this whole event with me all agreed that nobles would despise sharing exclusive seats even with the most refined of commoners.

Just watching the noble ladies enjoying sponge cakes while sipping tea with satisfied expressions was a great sign, but it got even better when I heard the men were ordering Berliners, German doughnuts without a hole, with wine jelly fillings. Seeing a bunch of sweet stuff was great since women and children were our primary demographic, but pleasing our male buyers didnt hurt; in fact, it gave us more reason to have more variety in our stock.

I was pleased to hear that everything was working out and thanked Amelia and Barathan for their work. With how much money we spent on furnishing our RVs subspace and getting the decorations for the concert, we had to make sure we could make a profit today. In order to attract as many people as possible, we had decided that admission to this concert would be free.

We wouldnt become bankrupt even if we couldnt sell everything, but it made me smile to see our plan to revolutionize Artoriass pastry and confectionery market going off without a hitch. With their stomachs and taste buds satisfied, it was about time I also conquered their hearts and ears.

I entered a small tent where Tasianna and Svena changed me into my first outfit a colorful short dress. With one final good luck from Tasianna and Svena, I clapped my cheeks to psych myself up and walked back on the stage. Now back in the dark, I took one last deep breath before giving a thumbs up to one of the stage crew.

As light entered through the crack of the curtain, the sound of my crew working became quieter and quieter for me, drowned out by the ecstatic attendees. I knew, right now, that their minds werent currently focused on me, but at the food before them.

That was why

Lets do this, parallel minds!

I had to give them a show they wouldnt forget!

Tonight, Im really feeling the heat surging inside me

Im about to explode

And this night, wont end until were done

Satisfied from the our fun and games

So, (Blaze it all night)

(I wont be stopped)

Cause this night is still young, far too young!

[Music Resonation (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

As the curtains began to draw back more and more, I expedited the process by using wind magic to shove the curtains to the sides and poured my mana into the wood to activate Grimnirs and Ellaines newly-made manatech spotlights, shining light throughout the audience.

However, I did not stop it just there. As I activated [Aerokinesis] to play my music and to amplify my singing, I created a few sparks and grew the fire into a flower, making it look like fireworks exploding behind me. By controlling its power, I was able to attract everybodys collective eyes without burning down my newly made stage.

[Stage Fever (Major)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Im a burning star ready to explode

To bring my light down to rock your entire existence

I move like flash fire, bringing your night an incredible WOW!

Im gonna go, go, go

Dont you stop now!

Ooooooooh, were burning through the night, yeah!

Turn the music up!

Are we gonna let this party end?!

Are we ready to greet the sun?!

No! Since this is just the bloody start!

With every note more into my song, the rowdiness of the crowd was directed away from the food and towards me. With their bellies full of food and alcohol, music was just the perfect stimuli to turn the ecstasy up a notch. I wasnt too bothered with the fact they were enjoying my performance as an accompaniment to the food and alcohol, since this was just the opener.

No! This festival aint stopping yet

No, this night is not gonna end now!

Wooooo, come on, lets go!

Im having such a good night

Fun of my life

(Dont let this end)

One chance to enjoy our life, so dont you dare stop!

(Blaze it all night)

Cause this is the time of our life

(Blaze it all night)

Yeah, it aint time to end it

So do you guys want it to stop?!

No!

This song was aimed at the commoners only, I wasnt expecting any of the nobles to like it too much. However, it wouldnt be good if I lost their interest immediately. As such, Ellaine suggested that I perform magic during this time, to show off my magical skills as much as possible to keep people interested.

I did impress a lot of them during the ball, but I was a professional entertainer; I had no intention of resting on my laurels like that. Even if they didn't like my song, I was fully intending to fascinate them with my magical abilities. With my control over fire, lightning, wind, and light, I was able to create a wide range of special effects, wowing the nobles. Even Tasianna was helping me out with some cold mist and snowflakes. The concert was, without a doubt, an eye-catching display of artistry.

As the song entered into its guitar solo, I took this time to gather a ton of mana to my hand and raised it up into the sky. As I expanded my mana capacity more and more, the draining feeling that using a lot of mana at once had on me became less pronounced, regardless of whether I used a large-scale spell or not. I noticed that the nobles and a few mage-looking adventurers caught on to what I was doing, and were growing suspicious.

But I simply showed them a brilliant, wide smile.

Prayer!

A huge white magic circle appeared in the sky, probably my largest activation of [Prayer]. There were a lot of people around in the crowd and I didnt want to leave even one of them out of the fun. By the time that people noticed the circle, my spell had already been cast.

[Blessing of the Goddess of Light (Major)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Synchronized with the end of the spell and the look of wonderment of the crowd, the guitar solo ended and I continued to sing.

Ooooooooh, were burning through the night, yeah!

As the tent was already taken down, I was led back to the RV to change out of my clothes there. As I was on my way, a chubby man in fine clothes suddenly came over; actually, it was more accurate to describe it as him stumbling over here like a drunken man.

Was he a noble or a merchant? It was hard to distinguish them purely from clothes alone since the difference between a rice merchants and a nobles outfit wasnt too huge. If the man had a crest, I probably could have asked Svena if she knew it, but the man didnt have it on his clothes. Two men were flanking him, probably his guards.

Regardless, he probably was a fan coming over to speak with me. I wonder how he made it past security.

But I dont want to deal with drunks No, I shouldnt think like that! That is a bad attitude, Hestia! Still, I should get out of this outfit, first, and maybe clean myself up. Im not presentable.

Lady Hestia, I am Cardi

I apologize, I bowed slightly. Please, allow me to change out of my clothes and I will be free to speak. Please, I will be back soon!

Without saying another word, the man stood still, which I took as a sign that he accepted my proposal. I didnt get a look at his expression properly, but I probably shouldnt keep a fan standing for too long. After slipping into the RV while the crowd was cheering my name, Svena and Tasianna transported me to our communal room and gave me a quick bath and clean up.

After I was freshened up, I left the RV in a hurry and went back where I saw the chubby man, but he was no longer there. I began to look around but couldnt find him, so I asked one of the guards, who informed me that he had left.

Why? I freshened myself up as fast as possible Mhm, verdammt.

It seems that I still have to properly learn how to appease fans. It is the duty of an idol to huh?

2 human followers lost

Total follower count updated. Total follower of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 2557

W-Wah?! I can lose followers?!

This was the first time my follower update went down instead of up. Id only been gaining fans all this time that I forget you could lose them. It was obvious, but since it had never happened before, I hadnt worried about it.

I still have so much more to grow.

Singing and dancing weren't the only things an idol must do. Since having fans is so important, I have to learn how to treat them better. Every person was different, and I have to do my best to keep their smile up. If I cant, like with that man and his guards well, then it was better to not get too depressed. Idols lost fans all the time, even on Earth.

At least one of them is still a follower. Now, lets make sure I dont lose even more!

The night was exhausting, not just cause of my performance, but also cause of the after events. Fan meetings were harsh and mentally taxing. So many people wanted to greet me and then there were the nobles and merchants who wanted to make closer connections. Well, I should take this as a lesson I needed better social skills. Extroverted or not, there was still so much I needed to learn.

On the next day, Ellaine arrived back at the mansion, looking gloomy from the complete lack of results on their search. We comforted her the best we could, telling her that he would be found soon, and I gave her KleaHatma back. We then went back to the concert area and quickly packed everything into my subspace. Since it was made to be easily taken down and built back up, we were quickly able to store everything in record time.

We then went over to the hunters guild. Muraina was awaiting us, ready to go with us to the elven outpost.

Be happy, everybody. The urgent Quest is B rank.

Fun and games first, and now back to work, I guess.

A note from AbyssRaven

No more dark weakness! Yippe! Okay, oh no, how did Hestia lose two followers D:

Now, to the mentions today. First things first, Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now." Rawr

Second song was the same one from during the ball, but this time Hestia sang it with her voice's full potential. Moona Hoshinova's "Ai no Chiisana Uta." Rawr

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